These classic French cake-like cookies are light, fluffy, pillowy desserts. They’re technically considered tea cakes, but here in the US, they’re often classified as cookies versus cakes.

Classic Madeleines

Madeleines have the consistency of sponge cake on the inside, with slightly crisp edges. The distinct shell design is from using a traditional madeleine pan with shell-shaped molds.

I had been wanting to make these delicious desserts for a long time, and finally bought this madeleine pan a little while ago. Now I can’t stop making them!

With Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought I’d put a sweet spin on these classic French cookies. And then an opportunity to bake them for a cause near and dear to my heart came up, and I absolutely had to share them with you.

White Chocolate Dipped Valentine Madeleine Cookies

Madeleine cookies are SO easy to make, and there are many different variations of the original.

Then I made a simple white chocolate mixture to coat the top half of the madeleine shells, and added sprinkles.

So fun and festive, right? I love how these turned out, but more importantly, so did my whole family!

And, I am hoping that you will all love them too, as this recipe is a very special recipe that I’ve created as part of a fundraising campaign for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer.

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer

If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you know that Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is an organization that has been near and dear to me for several years. I’ve partnered with OXO as part of Cookies for Kids’ Cancer campaigns on recipes such as:

This is the second year that a group of bloggers has worked on a special Valentine’s event, and I’m so proud to be a part of it.

Did you know that cancer is the #1 cause of death of children by disease in the U.S.? There are 40,000 U.S. children actively battling cancer right now – including two brave, brilliant, beautiful little girls we know: one is a girl on my daughter’s soccer team, whom I had the honor of coaching in the past, and the other is the sister of one of my daughter’s good friends. Watching them and their families fight childhood cancer with such strength, hope, and positivity is amazing – and also, devastatingly heartbreaking.

My deepest personal thanks to all of you out there who have donated or will be donating through our campaign.

It has been an honor to create this recipe for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, and I hope you and your families enjoy it, as well as the many other recipes listed below that were created by my fellow bloggers.

White Chocolate Dipped Valentine Madeleine Cookies

White Chocolate Dipped Madeleine Cookies

These classic French Madeleines are dipped in white chocolate and decorated for Valentine's Day!

White Chocolate & Decorations

1cupwhite chocolate chips

1/3cupheavy cream or milkCan substitute dairy-free milk

1/3cupbaking sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

With a pastry brush, use 2 tablespoons of the melted & cooled butter to generously grease each of the 12 molds in the madeleine pan. Be sure to reach within each of the mold grooves for full coverage. Dust the pan molds with flour, tilting it around and gently tapping to move the flour over all of the molds and ensure even coverage. Once each mold is fully floured, tap the pan to remove excess flour. Set aside.

In a stand mixer, combine sugar, eggs, and salt and beat on medium speed until the mixture is thick and a pale color (about 4-5 minutes). Add in the vanilla and almond extracts, and reduce to low speed. Slowly add the flour and beat until all of the flour is just incorporated.

Add the lemon zest, and then, using a rubber spatula, gently fold in half of the melted and cooled butter. Then fold in the remaining half of the butter.

Fill each of the molds evenly with the batter. Bake at 375 degrees in the center rack for 8-12 minutes, just until the edges have slightly turned a golden brown and the madeleines spring back a bit when lightly touched.

Remove cookies from the pan onto a wire cooling rack and allow to cool at room temperature for about 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the white chocolate dip. Place white chocolate chips in a large heatproof glass bowl. Heat the cream in a small saucepan and bringing it to a low rolling boil. Remove from heat and slowly pour over the white chocolate chips; whisk together until the chocolate mixture is smooth.

Dip each madeleine into the white chocolate, and then immediately decorate with your choice of sprinkles and place on wax paper (or return to the wire rack). Allow the decorations and white chocolate to set before serving.

Notes

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